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Going through the files on my computer the other night, I came across a document that I had perhaps intended to publish on my blog.  As most of you know, I am no longer a Missoulian, and, as such, no longer feel that I can publish blogs on this website with a clear conscience.  So, it seems fitting that my final blog entry ...

The good people of Missoula suffer many stereotypes. We’ve been called hippies, commies, and tree-huggers. We’ve been called dirty-liberals, potheads, and environmental-wackos (thank you Rush Limbaugh). We’ve been called all of these things by quite a few people outside of Missoula (and how are the folks of Billings doing tonight?)—called all things true, and all things misconceived.

Well, here’s some clarification.

Yes, there are quite a few hippies here. No, not all ...

This was written by Kathryn Socie and taken from the latest issue of the Missoula Independant.  The original article can be found at: http://www.missoulanews.com/

Writers on the Range

Hard for the money: Living the American dream in Missoula

By: Kathryn Socie

Posted: 03/29/2007

The American dream is alive and well in Missoula, sort of. Not long after arriving here in the late 1990s, I found myself in the same conversation about real estate, hearing the same words and sharing ...

Missoula is a total dog town.  I think there are actually more dogs here than there are people.  Walk down Higgins Avenue on any given afternoon and you'll see dogs.  You'll see dogs tied to parking meters, dogs eating food off the ground, dogs running loose, dogs doing dog stuff. 

I think the most popular breed in Missoula is the Black Lab.  You see ...

Well I'm sitting here on a Friday night, doing little more than strumming the six-string and kicking back.  And from the looks of my clock we're only a little more than an hour and a half from Saint Patrick's Day. 

I've got a Bayern Killarney standing by for the occasion.  The Killarney is a seasonal Red Lager which has a nice print on the front of it of a Butte pub with a couple of Irishmen stumbling around ...

There are many good things that come with spring.  This is the time of year when people start to get active again.  There is a well-known segment of fanatics in this community who have permanently sworn off gym memberships in favor of working out in the Great Outdoors. They are unable to accept the notion that exercising on stair-masters and ellipticals and various weight machines ...

Another warm sunny day here in the Bitterroot Mountains. 

Much like the day we had yesterday and the day before and the day before that and the day before that. 

Thank God. 

Heidi and I have been hitting the trails like a couple of fanatical pack mules. 

Exploring Blue Mountain yesterday we came to realize that there are way too many places we've not yet discovered. 

Discovery is ...

Just what is the relationship between geography and demographics?  Moreover, what is the relationship between the natural characteristics & topography of a place and its inhabitants?  These are the kinds of questions one might begin to ponder in an attempt to understand the forces that shape Missoula's culture and the politics and beliefs of its population.   

Mountains can be catalytic, when climbing them.  They can easily ...

Winter refuses to relinquish its sloppy grip on our little mountain town.  Last night Missoula received what seemed like about an inch of fresh snow that by noon had half melted into a slushy mess that splashed up in the wake of cars and trucks on the streets and caked everything near by in a brown layer of filthy sludge.  The fresh white snow is now gone, although there were ...

You meet people of a different breed here in Missoula.  I was at a house party a few weeks ago and met a guy who appeared to be a rather typical member of society--not that he wasn't--but after talking to him for a while, I discovered that he was, well, taking a sort of non-traditional course in the navigation of life.  I introduced myself and our conversation went something like ...